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Why won't my 9 month old baby nap anymore?

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She used to nap 2 times a day, about 1 1/2 hours each. For roughly the past 3 weeks she only seems to want to nap once a day, sometimes only for 1 hour. According to the information on-line, she is a little young to have switched to a one-a-day nap.

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My baby is 8.5 months and has just started to stand up and scream at the top of her lungs when she is put into bed. She doesn't stop until I pick her up because the neighbor has complained (15 mins later). The only way I can get her to sleep is to rock her to sleep. Standing is not new.. she has been standing in bed for over a month, but usually sits herself down to go to sleep. She has also been on a schedule for 6 months. Loves her sleep. This new habit only occurs during the day. I'm not sure what the solution is. People above are saying this is a stage. So what's the solution? I know she is tired. So do I need to start rocking her to sleep? I don't want to create a new habit of needing to be rocked to sleep when previously she has always put herself to sleep.

My 10 month old just started to want to do the same. She stands and plays and babbles for about an hour before each nap. Then she cries for about a minute then falls asleep finally. She takes several 30 minute naps a day. The only thing that helps is if I go in a lay her down and say " ninight" but it still happens each time. After sleep training her at 8 months it has been easier for me. She used to never want to fall asleep and I would spend all day putting her down for naps. CIO was hard for the first 2 weeks then she was a pro. Now she at least puts herself to sleep after an hour of messing around. Sleep training also helped her night sleep from waking every 2 hours to waking every 4 hours. Idk if this helps.good luck!

I also realised from the past few weeks that it doesnt help him to sleep if you stay and pat him until he falls asleep. It would keep him awake longer because he would want to get up and climb you, or have you hold him walking along the crib etcccc... Whenever I stayed longer he would sit up, or lay there and stare curiously at me and doesn't look sleepy, even though he would yawn and rub his eyes again and again.

I found a solution on YahooAnswer and been working on it for 4 days, and it seems to be helping. Im trying to reestablish his regular nap time after a period of being sick and very clingy. Here is what Im doin:
-Keep consistent every time ur with him. Mine gets sleepy twice during the day evry day, that helps. But even if urs doesnt seem to be tired, calm him down and start bedtime routine
-pick him up, cuddle a bit and move him to crib, give bottle and tuck in
-Sit next to crib, tell a short story(i dont pat him anymore during this)
-say Sleep tight,Sweat dream,See you a bit later(anything you would say, but i think keep saying the same thing is best)
-Leave the room, door half open
-1st day he cried lots, I checked on him after 5-10-15 mins, but realised that only gave him a reason to cry longer
-2nd day he stopped crying right when i left, played talked by hmself
-3rd n 4th i started telling stories, he was quiet after lil fussing, slept 10-15mins after I leave, sleeps much better.

I have no clue what to do. My Son just turned 8 months old, and all of the sudden started to fight me, when it comes to bed time. He has never slept all night but now he doesnt want to go down at all. He sits and plays with his legos and talks and babbles but then starts whining because he is exhausted. My husband and I try letting him play with minimal light to help him relax, and we can hold him or feed him and he will close his eyes and sleep, but the second we lay him down and shut the door the talking starts... and he starts yelling mama, dada.... its so frustrating! Does anyone else have a baby that wants nothing more than to sit/play with mommy or daddy????

My just turned 9 month old girl is doing the same thing! She's been standing on her own for some time now, and got a walker toy for Christmas (which she loves!). I can only imagine that she's fighting her naps b/c she's so excited about learning new things, such as walking! I've always had her on a routine. Rcently it was the 2-3-4 hour one: wake 7, nap 9, lunch noon, nap 1-1:30, dinner 5, bedtime 6:30, and she sleeps through the night. I've noticed that if I move her to a 3-3/4-4 schedule she doesn't fight her naps as hard. So, when she wakes I put her down 3 hours later, and then next nap is 3-4 hours after that and bedtime is 4 hours later...Crazy I know, but it's been working! :) I believe 9 months is way too early to be dropping to one nap. With a little time, things should be back on track. These little babies are just learning so much and dealing with new developmental changes (teething, crawling, walking, talking) its hard for them to turn their brains off to sleep.

From reading over these messages it looks like there's a consensus that the little ones are just simply too busy! Imagine being stuck in one spot and then learning the skills to finally check out those amazing things you've been staring at for months! Just give them a couple weeks to work things out and naps should get back to normal (ie once the newness wears off maybe they'll be more inclined to actually rest in the afternoons when the sunlight is just tempting them to play on!)

My 9mo old is doing the same things. Now that he can crawl and stand up in his crib he doesn't want to nap. So this morning I put him in his crib when I noticed he was getting tired. He of course wants to stand up, babble, cry..anything but to nap. So I gave him a little bit of his formula and rocked him for 15 minutes with his favorite blanket and his pacifier. I must say, when I laid him down, he fell asleep within 15 minutes. Not sure if this will work next time. As he grows and changes, mommy has to learn new ways of to adapt.

My DD is a week away from being 9 months old, and she has been on the same schedule for nearly three months (up at 7, bottle at 10&nap, lunch at 1, bottle & nap at 2, dinner at 5, bottle & bed at 6:30, asleep for the night at 7pm latest) BUT now when I put her down for her 10am nap, she just lies there babbling to herself/playing with the blankets and doesn't sleep. She'll be lying there for over an hour and will then get bored and cry to get attention but hasn't slept. She's sooo tired by her 2pm nap and will go down without a fuss, but I think she's over tired by that stage and doesn't sleep well - wakes up after 45min to 1hr. She does sleep right through from 7pm to 7am (not complaining!) but I'm not sure if I should bite-the-bullet and change her schedule to a longer nap starting at 12pm instead of the two separate naps. She used to sleep for 2hrs solid at the 2pm nap but that too is getting shorter. She is teething so I might wait for another couple weeks before changing.

I laugh, my daughter is 10.5 month and has decided to not nap at all, or go to bed at a nice time... Her schdule is wake up at 7:00am 6oz bottle up then down for a little nap around 10am for about 30-45 mins. All depends then she's up ALL DAY if Im lucky she naps around 3ish for about 1 hour but not all the time, then she's up tilll about 11pm and down for the night. Yes Im tired, BUT I think its because she's been very busy. The last month has been crazy for her, crawling, pulling up, teeth, very busy all at ounce. Maybe thats why. Im not sure but I can do without the naps she's real good about just playing on the floor with her toys or her bouncer. But come on bed time at 11pm and up at 7am ugh !! so tired and taking care of a 2 year old to..

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